Kari Ikonen Trio‘s Beauteous Tales and Offbeat Stories has now been released by Ozella Music !!!

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Listen to samples here! The reviews have all been great, for example: ”This is a wholly original take on the improvising piano trio.” (****) -Jazz Journal (UK)
Marlbank lists five “state of the art” jazz piano trios of 2015 – KIT is one of them!
Beauteous Tales… was “Jazz-Album der Woche” at NDR in April and also one of the selected new albums at Europe Jazz Media Chart May 2015 !!! Read reviews at Press-section.

Bright

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Bright is on JAZZTHETIK’s 2013 bestlist and on Something Else Reviews’ list for best albums of 2013!

Democrat & Chronicle

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”…vertiginous piano playing…” – Democrat & Chronicle (USA)

Kari Ikonen at ShapeShifter Lab

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See the video: Kari Ikonen & Ra-Kalam Bob Moses @ ShapeShifter Lab, Brooklyn (NY) June 19, 2014.

All About Jazz

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“Kari Ikonen lets his jazz chops shine, his groove glisten and his range within the music flourish with these two releases.” -John Ephland, All About Jazz (USA)